DeSantis and opponents to Amendment 4 argued the ballot measure's authors are "lying" to Floridians, and words used, like "health care provider" and "viability" leave too much room for "outsiders" and unqualified practitioners to come to Florida and perform unsafe procedures.

DeSantis led an aggressive, months-long campaign against Amendment 3, which sought to legalize recreational marijuana, and Amendment 4, which would have broadened abortion access in the state — frequently leveraging the power of state government and using taxpayer dollars to defeat the measures.

The Amendment 4 campaign has called Florida’s current exceptions unworkable. They ran advertisements with a doctor who said the state’s abortion ban forces physicians to wait until women are on the brink of death to access an abortion.

This amendment limits government interference with the procedure before viability or when needed for the patient's health. Source: Election results are from The Associated Press. By The New York Times election results team: Michael Andre,

Amendment 4 would have restored allowing abortion in Florida up to "fetal viability," usually around 24 weeks. DeSantis harnessed the power of state government and millions in tax

A Florida ballot measure that would have enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution narrowly failed after it fell short of 60% support it needed to pass it Tuesday. Amendment 4, which would have prohibited laws restricting abortion before fetal viability or when necessary to protect a pregnant woman’s health,